Stock markets in Asia were mixed at night, because investors consumed Trump's newest trade announcements, including a rate of 50% on copper and speedy levies on semiconductors and medicines.
The Nikkei (^N225) rose by 0.3% on the day in Japan, while the Hang Seng (^HSI) dropped 1.1% in Hong Kong. The Shanghai composite (000001.ss) was 0.1% lower than at the end of the session.
In South Korea, the Kospi (^ks11) added 0.6% on the day.
It comes as Japan and South Korea are among the most important US trading partners in the region who are confronted with a deadline of 1 August to reach or to be subjected to new rates, although Trump has sent mixed signals about how flexible that date is.
On Monday, Trump said that it was “firm but not 100% sturdy” before he raised his position on Tuesday by saying: “no extensions will be granted”.
Elsewhere, the last inflation data from China were released at night, which showed that the producer prices fell by 3.6% year-on-year (compared to an expected decrease of 3.2%). That is a 33rd consecutive month of falling prices and the largest fall rate in 23 months.
However, consumer prices unexpectedly rose by 0.1%, which marked the first inflationary lecture since January.
The Dow Jones (^DJI) dropped 0.4%over the pond on Wall Street, to 44.240.76, the S&P 500 (^GSPC) dropped 0.1%, to 6.225.52, and a second day returned, and technically-heavy Nasdaq (^IXIC) was flat on 20.41.46.
In the meantime, the US dollar traded almost two and a half weeks high, while the buyer reached a peak of all time at night after Donald Trump broadened his global trade war.
In the bond market, the return rose to 10-year notes from the American treasury to 4,410%, from 4,383% late on Monday.
